Species Detail - Basking Shark (Cetorhinus maximus) - Species information displayed is based on the dataset "ObSERVE II Aerial Surveys for Seabirds and Cetaceans in the Irish Atlantic Margin".
Terrestrial Map - 10km
Terrestrial Map - 10km
Distribution of the number of records recorded within each 10km grid square (ITM).Marine Map - 50km
Marine Map - 50km
Distribution of the number of records recorded within each 50km grid square (WGS84).
Cetorhinus maximus
Basking Shark
NBNSYS0000040787
RecommendedWell-formed
Protected Species: Wildlife Acts || Threatened Species: OSPAR Convention || Threatened Species: Endangered
cemax
(Gunnerus, 1765)
Cartilagenous fish (Chondrichthyes)
Species
45
30
25
18/06/2021
06/03/2023
2 February (recorded in 2012)
11 December (recorded in 2011)
Department of Climate, Energy & the Environment, ObSERVE II Aerial Surveys for Seabirds and Cetaceans in the Irish Atlantic Margin, National Biodiversity Data Centre, Ireland, Basking Shark (Cetorhinus maximus), accessed 14 March 2026, https://maps.biodiversityireland.ie/Dataset/442/Species/15533